National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 117,
New York 110
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 28, 2008
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials: #33 Sean Corbin, #62 Brian Forte, #8 Luis Grillo
Attendance: 19763
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials: #33 Sean Corbin, #62 Brian Forte, #8 Luis Grillo
Attendance: 19763
Final Scoring Summary
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chauncey Billups - G | 38:09 | 4-12 | 1-5 | 5-8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Dahntay Jones - G | 15:29 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Carmelo Anthony - F | 35:22 | 13-19 | 1-1 | 5-7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 |
| Kenyon Martin - F | 31:08 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Nene - C | 34:44 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Anthony Carter | 26:05 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| J.R. Smith | 25:18 | 7-12 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Renaldo Balkman | 17:51 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Linas Kleiza | 15:54 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Chris Andersen | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Chucky Atkins | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 45-79 | 6-14 | 21-30 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 117 | |
| 57.0% | 42.9% | 70.0% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
New York Knicks
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Duhon - G | 43:50 | 5-10 | 4-6 | 3-3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| Wilson Chandler - G | 31:50 | 6-19 | 1-9 | 4-7 | -13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| David Lee - F | 37:59 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| Tim Thomas - F | 18:03 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 0-1 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Jared Jeffries - C | 37:19 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-2 | -2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Nate Robinson | 30:36 | 5-17 | 3-8 | 7-7 | -16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Al Harrington | 26:13 | 5-12 | 2-5 | 3-4 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Quentin Richardson | 14:10 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Danilo Gallinari | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jerome James | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Anthony Roberson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Malik Rose | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 38-85 | 12-35 | 22-31 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 110 | |
| 44.7% | 34.3% | 71.0% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| DEN | None |
| NY | None |
Team Statistics
| Denver | New York | ||
| Fast Break Points | 10 | Fast Break Points | 12 |
| Points in the Paint | 62 | Points in the Paint | 48 |
| Biggest Lead | 12 | Biggest Lead | 8 |